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Rabid Acousmatic music listner
New in the Acousmatic Crossings series at Metapsychosis: “Revealing/Concealing.” A short reflection on acousmatic listening, hidden sound sources, ambiguity, imagination, and what it means to truly hear. Featuring work by Richard Lisaj and Vladimir Vlaev.
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Revealing/Concealing
Michael Eisenberg explores acousmatic sound worlds by Richard Lisaj and Vladimir Vlaev through reduced listening and the imaginal.
https://metapsychosis.com/revealing-concealing/
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A new Acousmatic Crossings piece is up at Metapsychosis Journal. The Janna Amp and their track “Theriogenesis 11 10 4.” Post includes reflections on sound, memory, emergence, improvisation, and the imaginal.
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The Half Time of Being
The Janna Amp explores emergent sound, improvisation, drones, memory, and imaginal listening through immersive experimental audio landscapes.
https://metapsychosis.com/the-half-time-of-being/
20 days ago
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New on Metapsychosis: Acousmatic Crossings with John Oliver + Philip Mantione. One piece opens, the other locks into feedback and rides the edge. Instability, motion, no fixed ground.
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At the Edge of the Source
Acousmatic Crossings with John Oliver and Philip Mantione—two improvisations exploring feedback, instability, and the shifting nature of listening.
https://metapsychosis.com/at-the-edge-of-the-source/
about 1 month ago
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My spring Acousmatic music playlist.Thank you Weirdosphere substack for publishing. Had fun writing it but extremely difficult to limit it to 10 albums. Luckily there are two more seasons to leverage (there is a link to the previous Winter playlist within this piece).
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Untethered Sounds
A spring playlist of the Acousmatic
https://substack.com/home/post/p-195749665
about 1 month ago
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New Acousmatic Crossings on Metapsychosis Journal: Finn Kverndal’s Folkeeventyr. Sound without source. Story without signposts. Listen closely.
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Into the Sonic Clearing
In Folkeeventyr, Finn Kverndal reimagines Nordic folklore through acousmatic sound, stripping away visible sources and stable narrative cues. What first appears as a breakdown of storytelling…
https://metapsychosis.com/into-the-sonic-clearing/
about 2 months ago
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New Acousmatic Crossings: Barrett + Kerman. One piece drifts away from reality. The other crashes Callas into Led Zeppelin. Neither behaves.
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Acousmatic Visions, Plunderphonic Crimes
Acousmatic sound art meets plunderphonic mashup: Natasha Barrett and Dave Kerman collide in this immersive listening experience.
https://metapsychosis.com/acousmatic-visions-plunderphonic-crimes/
2 months ago
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New Acousmatic Crossings piece is up in Metapsychosis: “Nature After the Microphone.” A close listen to sound artist Peter Jones and what happens when recorded sound drifts away from its source. Read:
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Nature After the Microphone
In Acousmatic Crossings, Peter Jones’s Hibernatorium blends stream recordings and subtle melody, raising questions about nature, sound art, and the act of listening.
https://metapsychosis.com/nature-after-the-microphone/
3 months ago
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New Acousmatic Crossings in The Metapsychosis Journal: Between the Stations: Excavating the Invisible. Duncan Laurie’s shortwave experiments turn signals between stations into immersive sound.
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Between the Stations: Excavating the Invisible
Hertzian Mayhem: Shortwave Sound Art & Heterodyne Music. Revealing the previously occulted | Duncan Laurie
https://metapsychosis.com/between-the-stations-excavating-the-invisible/
3 months ago
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Acousmatic Crossings: Where Observation Collapses is live. Rumore’s field recordings and DJ Renigade’s deep drone work transform everyday sound into immersive interior space. A focused listen for anyone drawn to experimental ambient and acousmatic music.
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Where Observation Collapses
Acousmatic Crossings presents immersive sound art by Rumore and DJ Renigade, blending field recordings, industrial spaces, and deep acousmatic drones.
https://metapsychosis.com/where-observation-collapses/
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The Acousmatic Crossings series returns with a work by Dan Burke's Illusion of Safety. "Lost and Profound" is part of a larger work called "Non-Interference". The lengthy edit we are presenting is an acousmatic journey into and through a sonic adventure in listening
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Sound as Passage, Passage as Sound
An Acousmatic Crossings installment exploring Illusion of Safety’s Lost and Profound: cinema for the ears, liminal sound, imaginal ascent, and transformation.
https://metapsychosis.com/sound-as-passage-passage-as-sound/
4 months ago
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Set for release on January 31st. I am BEYOND excited to hear this!!!
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Maison ONA | Complete Acousmatic Works (2/2)
Discover Complete Acousmatic Works (2/2)
https://maison-ona.com/catalog-R245ONA
5 months ago
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A Winter playlist for Acousmatic music on the Weirdosphere substack. The Weirdosphere is part of the Weird Studies podcast. If you are a podcast listener, and your tastes are geared more to the esoteric, I honestly can't think of a better place to be.
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Untethered Sounds
A winter playlist of the Acousmatic
https://open.substack.com/pub/weirdosphere/p/untethered-sounds?r=5ugix2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
5 months ago
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The final Acousmatic Crossings installment for 2025, two dark winter pieces for all initiates standing at the edge of the abyss:
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Trickster Signals and Dark Rooms: Two Paths Through Acousmatic Night
Exploring Scant Intone’s psychoacoustic Morose Code and Tenebrae Annex’s dark, immersive “Hotel”—a journey through glitch, mystery, and imaginal sound worlds.
https://metapsychosis.com/trickster-signals-and-dark-rooms-two-paths-through-acousmatic-night/
6 months ago
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Acousmatic Crossings returns with two new works Daria Baiocchi’s Theta explores negentropy—its micro moves had me imagining a conscious node riding the CNS at relativistic parity Plus a tiny Schaeffer homage by Wayne Mason- a crack in reality that opens the imaginal
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Micro-Events, Macro-Ghosts: Theta and the Schaeffer Transmission
A deep dive into Daria Baiocchi’s “Theta” and Wayne Mason’s sonic homage to Schaeffer—imaginal journeys, negentropy, and acousmatic exploration.
https://metapsychosis.com/micro-events-macro-ghosts-theta-and-the-schaeffer-transmission/
6 months ago
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Back in May I did a 52 minute interview on the Rejected Religion podcast. In the show notes, there is also a short list of essential listenings if anyone is inclined to dive a little deeper into the Acousmatic space. You can access the pod and the curated list here:
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Acousmatic Crossings on the Rejected Religion podcast
Join my Rejected Religion podcast interview exploring acousmatic music, its history, and a curated list of essential recordings to ignite your own listening journey.
https://metapsychosis.com/acousmatic-crossings-on-the-rejected-religion-podcast/
7 months ago
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Take an extremely weird sound walk with Paul Turner, this week in Acousmatic Crossings published on the Metapsychosis Journal:
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The Totem that Listens Back
Paul Turner’s Four Walks in Three Parks explores shifting sonic strata, high strangeness, and imaginal listening in this latest Acousmatic Crossings installment.
https://metapsychosis.com/the-totem-that-listens-back/
7 months ago
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The latest installment of the Acousmatic Crossings series in the Metapsychosis journal is a cold, ambient piece, aptly titled "I Like the Cold Aesthetic":
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The Cold Aesthetic and the Warm Imagination: Murmuri and the Acousmatic Pact
Immerse yourself in Murmuri’s “I Like the Cold Aesthetic,” where acousmatic sound, imagination, and transformation converge in a deep listening experience.
https://metapsychosis.com/the-cold-aesthetic-and-the-warm-imagination-murmuri-and-the-acousmatic-pact/
7 months ago
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I'll be doing another live diffusion/zoom event on November 1st, 2pm CST. This one will feature the music of Amanda Stuart and Ali Balighi. Both artists will be there to present their work and take any questions/comments from the attendees. Here is the sign-up page:
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Acousmatic Crossings Live Diffusion No. 3
Join Acousmatic Crossings live on Nov 1, 2025, for a deep listening session with Amanda Stuart and Ali Balighi—an immersive journey in sound and imagination.
https://metapsychosis.com/events/into-the-sonic-aether-acousmatic-crossings-live-diffusion-no-3/
7 months ago
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New on Acousmatic Crossings: The Sea Refuses No River — Reflections on Jean Patier’s Visitation. Jean Patier (Arborescence) crafts nine electroacoustic pieces that move like memory through time—ambient, reflective, and quietly transformative.
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Reflections on Jean Patier’s Visitation | Metapsychosis
Jean Patier’s Visitation as Arborescence weaves ambient, electroacoustic, and acousmatic sound into a contemplative journey through memory, time, and nature.
https://metapsychosis.com/the-sea-refuses-no-river-reflections-on-jean-patiers-visitation/
8 months ago
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The second Acousmatic Crossings live diffusion event took place a couple weeks ago. We had a great discussion with the featured artists Matt Gender and Valentin Sismann with some great and inciteful questions/comments from the audience.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzEX...
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Acousmatic Crossings LIve Diffusion 2
YouTube video by Metapsychosis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzEXm7pKH80&t=31s
8 months ago
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New in the Metapsychosis Journal, two very dark and very intense pieces by Wukir Suryadi. Think Hendrix meets Derek Bailey in a dark, menacing forest:
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Trance of the Invisible Storm
Wukir Suryadi’s Camouflage Trance fuses ritual polyrhythms and raw electronics into a scorching acousmatic force—part trance, part sonic inferno.
https://metapsychosis.com/trance-of-the-invisible-storm/
8 months ago
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Dimitris Barnias' "Deliverance" blends sonic nostalgia & virtual flow via Pure Data's binary tree sequencer. A minimal masterpiece that shapes your imagination. Dive in & let it carry you at the Metapsychosis Journal:
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Sonic Nostalgia and the Flow of Virtualities
Explore Dimitris Barnias’ acousmatic soundscapes—an immersive journey through time, imagination, and the philosophy of listening.
https://metapsychosis.com/sonic-nostalgia-and-the-flow-of-virtualities/
9 months ago
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A quick FYI/reminder about the upcoming live Acousmatic diffusion this Saturday:
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Into the Sonic Aether: Acousmatic Diffusion #2
Join Acousmatic Crossings Sept 20, 12pm MDT for immersive sound art with composers Valentin Sismann & Matt Gender. Free live listening via Zoom.
https://metapsychosis.com/events/acousmatic-journey-2/
9 months ago
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A very good essay on finding a middle ground between AI and human intelligence:
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From IQ to AI: The Case for Multidimensional Intelligence
Rethinking what it means to be intelligent: from flawed IQ tests to AI models, we explore a richer, more nuanced view of human and machine cognition.
https://metapsychosis.com/from-iq-to-ai-the-case-for-multidimensional-intelligence/
9 months ago
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Latest from Acousmatic Crossings on the Metapsychosis Journal:
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Spectral Portraits in Transit
A sonic pairing of density and elegance: Beaudoin’s hyper-instrument meets Mehić’s spectral clarity in this Acousmatic Crossings installment.
https://metapsychosis.com/spectral-portraits-in-transit/
9 months ago
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Into the Sonic Aether: Acousmatic Diffusion #2
Join Acousmatic Crossings Sept 20, 12pm MDT for immersive sound art with composers Valentin Sismann & Matt Gender. Free live listening via Zoom.
https://metapsychosis.com/events/acousmatic-journey-2/
9 months ago
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New in Acousmatic Crossings: Paul Lastovica’s Omega Amoeba and Jiajing Zhao’s Back to the Ocean. Two contrasting works—one slow and pressurized, the other fluid and immersive—both investigating the force of sound beyond representation.
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Where Nothing Becomes Everything [Acousmatic Crossings] | Metapsychosis
A deep-listening encounter with plastov’s Omega Amoeba and Jiajing Zhao’s Back to the Ocean—two paradoxical works where silence reveals complexity.
https://metapsychosis.com/where-nothing-becomes-everything/
10 months ago
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Rafael RamĂrez’s Forensic Acoustics 1 turns broken vinyl into sonic mourning. A ghostly elegy made from damaged grooves and erased futures. Listen from start to finish. Presence begets presence.
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Rafael Ramirez – Forensic Acoustics 1 | Hauntology & Sound Art
A haunting soundwork by Rafael Ramirez using broken vinyl, turntablism, and memory to explore loss, hauntology, and imaginal worlds of sonic mourning.
https://metapsychosis.com/the-sound-of-what-never-came/
11 months ago
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The first Acousmatic Crossings live diffusion is online. Featuring Paul Dolden and Leonie Roessler, this session explores two distinct approaches to sonic space, perception, and texture
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KLE...
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Acousmatic Crossings Live Diffusion No. 1 from June 4th, 2025
YouTube video by Metapsychosis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KLEW1R8Aac&t=8s
11 months ago
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Two stunning new works in the Acousmatic Crossings series: 🌌 Amanda Stuart’s Magnetosphere lets Earth itself speak through VLF radio. 🌍 Andre Perim’s Gaia fuses global sounds into a radiant sonic ritual. Listen + read:
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The 14 Pilgrims and the Ears of an Elephant
A cosmic meditation on sound, presence, and revelation—journey through acousmatic landscapes where electromagnetic waves become imaginal symphonies.
https://metapsychosis.com/the-14-pilgrims-and-the-ears-of-an-elephant/
11 months ago
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Here is the latest in the Acousmatic Crossings series. A 37 minute piece by the Vermont based synth duo "Infinite Is"
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Subtle Bodies, Subtler Sounds | Metapsychosis
Forged from live electronic improvisation, this story-sonic hybrid drifts into deep space and deeper states of consciousness. As the crew enters torpor, rea ...
https://metapsychosis.com/subtle-bodies-subtler-sounds/
12 months ago
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I did this thing a few weeks ago, here's the free shortened version of it. To hear the entire 52 min version you would need to subscribe to the Rejected Religion podcast:
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Patreon T3 Free Content Michael Eisenberg from Metapsychosis Journal: Acousmatic Music & the Mundus Imaginalis | Rejected Religion
Get more from Rejected Religion on Patreon
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12 months ago
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A meditation on duality, movement, and perception in sound—exploring new Acousmatic works by Philippe Neau and Darius Gylys in vibrant, shifting states. This is the latest installment in the Metapsychosis Journal series on Acousmatic music
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The Shape of Flux | Metapsychosis
A meditation on duality, movement, and perception in sound—exploring new Acousmatic works by Philippe Neau and Darius Gylys in vibrant, shifting states.
https://metapsychosis.com/the-shape-of-flux/
12 months ago
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Hey all, this is happening today—last chance to register:
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Into the Sonic Aether: Our First Live Acousmatic Journey Awaits on June 4th | Metapsychosis
Dear Metapsychonauts, The veil between the audible and the imaginal grows thin. On June 4th, 2025 at 1pm MDT, Acousmatic Crossings will bridg ...
https://metapsychosis.com/into-the-sonic-aether-our-first-live-acousmatic-journey-awaits-on-june-4th/
12 months ago
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My penultimate announcement for this event which is coming up this Wednesday. I'll be there—will you?
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Acousmatic Crossings Live Event—Diffusion and Discussion | Metapsychosis
On June 4th, we gather—not just to listen, but to cross over. Acousmatic Crossings presents a live diffusion with Paul Dolden & Leonie Roessler. Sounds ...
https://metapsychosis.com/acousmatic-crossings-live-event-diffusion-and-discussion-2025-06-04/
about 1 year ago
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Latest in the Acousmatic Crossings series—Ali Balighi with a highly charged electro mind bender and Unearth Noise with a more Earthly organic offering–but from which earth?
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In the Liminal Circuit: Explorations in Sonic Metapsychosis
From Ali Balighi’s microtonal metapsychosis to Unearth Noise’s visionary Earth engines, these sonic works traverse thresholds—fractal, fluid, and imaginal. ...
https://metapsychosis.com/in-the-liminal-circuit-explorations-in-sonic-metapsychosis/
about 1 year ago
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A reminder about our live Acousmatic Music diffusion and discussion:
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Acousmatic Crossings Live Event—Diffusion and Discussion | Metapsychosis
On June 4th, we gather—not just to listen, but to cross over. Acousmatic Crossings presents a live diffusion with Paul Dolden & Leonie Roessler. Sounds ...
https://metapsychosis.com/acousmatic-crossings-live-event-diffusion-and-discussion-2025-06-04/
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Latest in the Acousmatic Crossings series in the Metapsychosis Journal. Two pieces, each in high contrast to the other but share the same quality of inciting the imaginal in strange and wonderful ways:
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Resonant Horizons: Sound, Symbol, and the Imaginal Journey | Metapsychosis
Imaginal Horizons in Sound: Valentin Sismann & Enrico Dorigatti Weave Acousmatic Alchemy & Symbolic Sonic Journeys.
https://metapsychosis.com/resonant-horizons/
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Metapsychosis Journal is doing a live diffusion and discussion on Acousmatic Music. Announcement and sign-up here:
metapsychosis.com/acousmatic-c...
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Acousmatic Crossings Live Event—Diffusion and Discussion | Metapsychosis
On June 4th, we gather—not just to listen, but to cross over. Acousmatic Crossings presents a live diffusion with Paul Dolden & Leonie Roessler. Sounds ...
https://metapsychosis.com/acousmatic-crossings-live-event-diffusion-and-discussion-2025-06-04/
about 1 year ago
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The latest installment for the Acousmatic Crossings series I'm curating in the Metapsychosis Journal. A piece my mc. gender:
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Mystic Cartography: Mapping the Sonic Unseen | Metapsychosis
Step into a sonic realm where resonance shapes reality, sculpting gleaming architectures from shadow. Sound becomes creation—walk the path.
https://metapsychosis.com/mystic-cartography-mapping-the-sonic-unseen/
about 1 year ago
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Here is the latest sound installment of the series I'm curating on Acousmatic music on the Metapsychosis Journal These two pieces seem especially relevant today as they point to a sonic statement of childhood innocence fraught with danger in our current times
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Sounds and Silences | Metapsychosis
Echoes of Sound and Silence: Exploring Symbol, Childhood, and the Power of Active Listening Through Acousmatic Composition
https://metapsychosis.com/sounds-and-silences/
about 1 year ago
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A few months ago Metapsychosis journal started a call for submissions for Acousmatic music and asked me curate. The first published piece dropped today. We plan on publishing 1 or two pieces on a bi-weekly basis. Here's the first one:
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A Sonic Deluge of Transformation—Paul Dolden | Metapsychosis
Paul Dolden’s Beyond the Walls of Jericho: A Sonic Incantation, Shattering Boundaries and Collapsing Walls in a Cataclysm of Sound
https://metapsychosis.com/a-sonic-deluge-of-transformation/
about 1 year ago
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in Metapsychosis Journal, thoughts on how Acousmatic music,listened to with a high level of engagement acts as a facilitator to access the imaginal. I lean on Corbins view of the mundus imaginalis. The essay uses an album by Beatriz Ferreyra as a model
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Acousmatic Music as a Divine Map | Metapsychosis
A mystical exploration of music's ability to access the 'Earth of Light' through Acousmatic sound, connecting the soul's yearning with its divine origin beyond time.
https://metapsychosis.com/acousmatic-music-as-a-divine-map/
about 1 year ago
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The Avant Music News site was kind enough to collate all my write ups on releases on the empreintes DIGITALes label. Some of these date back several years. I haven't written to much about them lately but I should really get back to doing that!
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empreintes DIGITALes Label Overview
The empreintes DIGITALes label was founded in 1989 and is based out of Montreal, Canada. Its focus is acousmatic, electroacoustic, and musique concrete. With nearly 200 releases in its catalog, the…
https://avantmusicnews.com/empreintes-digitales-label-overview/
over 1 year ago
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"Metapsychosis is opening a call for submissions of works in the style of the Acousmatic but certainly not limited to that. Drone, Noise, Ambient-all fair game:
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